Quick Tour of Lake Huron: North Channel and finishing the summer cruising
Lake Huron: North Channel Saturday – Sunday - Aug 19 – 20 Drummond Island After clearing out of the Sault on a gorgeous sunny morning, we headed downstream and made our way to Drummond Island Yacht Haven for a Diesel fill and pump out. Spent one night here and then anchored inside the nearby Harbor Island on the 20 th . This marks 1 month since we departed Bayfield! Very shallow and close quarters in Harbor Island, but we had 6 boats and some Sand Hill Cranes in there somehow! Water here is far warmer than in Lake Superior. Took a quick dip in the lake to cool off. Unfortunately, this would be the last ‘hot’ day we would have for a while. Monday Aug 21 – Meldrum Bay Welcome to Canada! Meldrum is a very small settlement near the western entrances of the North Channel and a convenient place to get checked into Canadian Immigration. On hold for 30 minutes, then all done in 5 more. Easy peasy. Not much here but was able to score a 30 pack of Molson Canadian. Yeah!! ...